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Sept. 29, 2023

Humor’s Bad Reputation: The Role Comedy Plays Both in Social Bonding and Emotional Coping with Alfie Noakes

In this episode of The Light Inside, host Jeffrey Besecker explores the power of humor. He discusses how humor can serve as a life raft in difficult times, lighten the load during troubled times, and even procrastinate from doing actual work. Jeffrey emphasizes that humor is like seasoning for the soul, adding that even a bad joke can make us smile. However, he also acknowledges that there is a darker shade to humor, one that creates derision and contempt. To further explore this topic, Jeffr...
Guest: Alfie Noakes